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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the resulting COVID-19 pandemic present important diagnostic challenges. Point-of-care tests that detect SARS-CoV-2 antigen have the potential to allow earlier detection and isolation of confirmed cases compared to PCR-based diagnostic methods, and could be implemented at Ports of Entry (PoE) to screen low-prevalence populations effectively.This study will assess the performance of available antigen Ag-RDTs such as the Panbio and Standard Q SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen tests. Approximately 15,000 subjects entering Botswana at Ports of Entry will be enrolled over a 6-months period or more. SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR will be used as a reference standard. A subset of participants will also be contacted, re-evaluated and re-tested at 48-72 hours following initial assessment, to assess for the impact of incubating infection on the performance of the Ag-RDTs. In order to assess the impact of viral genetic variability on test performance, genomic sequencing will be part of the study. All SARS-CoV-2 PCR positive samples will undergo genomic sequencing to determine the virus lineages or variants. In addition to assessing the performance of each of the Ag-RDTs, a set of testingalgorithms that could be implemented at Ports of Entry, including the sequential use of multiple Ag-RDTs with or without RT-PCR confirmation, will be assessed.


Clinical Trial Description

Point-of-care tests to detect active SARS-CoV-2 infection have the potential to allow earlier detection and isolation of confirmed cases compared to PCR-based diagnostic methods performed in centralized laboratories, with the aim of cost-effective reduction of transmission field (Dinnes et al., 2020). In theory, sufficiently sensitive and specific point-of-care format tests could be implemented at PoE and used to screen low-prevalence populations effectively. In particular, rapid COVID-19 antigen tests in a lateral flow format COVID antigen RDTs or AgRDTs can play a key role in accelerating access to testing and improving turnaround times for COVID-19 test results. COVID antigen RDTs detect specific proteins known as antigens on the surface of the virus and can identify people who are at the peak of infection when virus levels in the body are likely to be high. A number of AgRDTs are now available, some of which have received emergency use authorizations from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and/or the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These tests have the potential to detect an active infection with performance that is close to that of PCR in specific settings. However, the performance of COVID antigen RDTs outside of highly controlled settings is not well defined,particularly in low-prevalence groups of asymptomatic people (Bryan et al., 2020; Lassaunière et al., 2020 Linares et al., 2020; Porte et al., 2020). Antigen tests with rapid turnaround times and minimal user skill have been recently approved for emergency use listing (EUL) by the WHO. Performance data show sensitivity and specificity levels (at least 80% and 97%, respectively) sufficient for diagnostic purposes of SARS-CoV-2 in targeted individuals, but their role in population-based screening remains to be established. In this evaluation, performance characteristics of rapid SARS-COV-2 detection kits (including but not limited to the Standard Q COVID-19 Antigen Test Standard Q RDT and the Panbio™ COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Panbio RDT, will be assessed for sensitivity, specificity, and their overall agreement with standard nucleic acid testing using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests. Finally, the performance of multi-test algorithms based on Ag-RDTs with or without RTPCR will be assessed for their potential use in low-prevalence screening programmes. ;


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NCT number NCT05911074
Study type Observational
Source Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, Switzerland
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Status Completed
Phase
Start date June 1, 2022
Completion date March 31, 2023

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